. -- sandy is joining us from new york city. >> i have family and friends and i am constantly an argument with them. they are telling me that as we republicans are soaked rocks -- are so proud, what wasn't rumsfeld, dick cheney, karl rove or if george bush invited to the event? is there anything that would record or document minutes of every detail, anytime that obama extended offers, policies, any time, whatever, to the other side and they were blocked. i want to argue those to predict want to know those two things because i are those constantly with democrats. are they not invited to the event? >> thanks for the call. another good question. >> it is geopolitics. they looked at the polling in made a conclusion that reminders of the past administration, which left with less than stellar approval ratings, would not be good for mitt romney. it is not really that unusual, even if your predecessor was successful. you don't want people looking back. you want them looking forward. >> to be fair, it is important to point out that back in 2000, when al gore was accepting the nomination, the gore